Alarms are screaming, steam is billowing everywhere, and it looks like things are about to blow. You’re standing in the outer reaches of the plant staring down some majorly malfunctioning machinery and the only person who can help is a mile away in the control room. What the heck are you going to do? That’s …
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At last, two of the most confounding political minds of our time — Donald Trump and Tyrion Lannister — have met. And amazingly, when the two sit down together, only one of them is rendered speechless. That’s one of the many great moments in yet another Trump mashup I can’t stop watching. Called “Winter is Trumping,” it stitches The Donald’s …
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In the “lenses-that-make-you-go-mmmmm” department, Sigma adds to its collection of fast, premium-build Art lenses with the Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM Art, the first medium telephoto zoom with a constant f1.8 aperture. That’s the perfect focal range for portrait photography on a full frame camera, and more-or-less the equivalent of the staple 70-200mm f2.8 on an APS-C camera (75-150mm on …
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I saw Morgan Freeman once. On the Fox studio lot. Walked right past me. So, yeah, I’m pretty much Morgan Freeman’s BFF. That’s why I’m excited to announce that MoFree (that’s what I call him; he refers to me as “public nuisance”) is the latest celebrity to lend his vocal talents to Waze. Waze, of course, is the popular community-powered …
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When you’ve brought back two of the most well-loved geeky franchises of all time, what do you do next? If you’re J.J. Abrams, the writer and director who spearheaded the wildly successful Star Wars and Star Trek reboots, the answer is pretty much whatever you want. At least, that’s the premise of this parody clip from the comedy group Above …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: CNET Editors react 2:11 Samsung’s newest flagship phones were treated to a grand unveiling at last night’s Mobile World Congress press conference. But beyond the glitz and surprise Zuckerberg cameo, are Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge actually any good? In the video above we catch up with CNET’s Samsung …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Quick housekeeping note: Sorry about Friday’s hoverboard boo-boo. I’d written that post a few days earlier, not expecting that a federal recall would …
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Most of the devices shown off this week at Mobile World Congress are expensive, shiny and designed for the hyper-connected world. But not all. The Vodafone Foundation unveiled two new products at the show in Barcelona on Monday designed to bring the benefits of the Internet to thousands of Syrian and Kenyan refugees. The foundation, which is the mobile network’s …
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It’s no longer just a phone you’re buying. You’re also getting the keys to a walk-in wardrobe of devices. That was a key trend to emerge Sunday as Samsung and LG unveiled their latest superphones, a day before the Mobile World Congress conference kicks off here in Barcelona. Although the companies’ flagship products received upgrades, it was clear that’s no …
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Samsung is listening. Its new Galaxy S7, launched at Mobile World Congress 2016, does more than bring back important features it jettisoned from previous Galaxy phones. It also fixes a minor, but unsightly, problem on the S7’s bottom end. The fix in question? A simple matter of aligning the holes of the S6’s speaker grilles and its microphones. Many Samsung …
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